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D6413 - Clay Cross Company - [19th-20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6413/1
Title	Maps
Date	1771-1999
Description	The Clay Cross Company Ltd was founded in 1837 by George Stephenson, under the name of George Stephenson and Company. In 1840 the company's interests included coal mining, limestone quarrying and limestone mining and iron stone mining. On the transfer of ownership in 1847, the company's name was changed to the Clay Cross Company. The main foundry was completed in 1866 and enlarged in 1876. By 1937, the year of the company's centenary, its interests had expanded to include the production of 3,000 tons of coal per day, a power house producing all its electricity, limestone quarries at Crich and lime burning works at Ambergate, lead workings at Ashover, and a light railway which ran the 8 miles between Ashover and the Clay Cross works. In 1947 the collieries and coke ovens were nationalised, followed by the gas works the next year. With the improvement of the road network, the Ashover Light Railway was closed in 1950. The Clay Cross Co was taken over by Ready Mixed Concrete of Australia in 1974. Ownership of the company later passed to Blue Metal Industries (BMI) Ltd, Boral Ltd and Biwater. An index to the maps in this collection is available in Derbyshire Record Office's search room.
Level	Series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Clay Cross Company

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